https://padlet.com/20mallardlp/5zyfnhj5svjn Made with an open mind en-us 2017-02-07 20:01:59 UTC 2017-02-07 20:16:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png 20mallardlp https://padlet.com/20mallardlp/5zyfnhj5svjn/wish/152287423 2017-02-07 20:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20mallardlp/5zyfnhj5svjn/wish/152287423 20mallardlp https://padlet.com/20mallardlp/5zyfnhj5svjn/wish/152288252 Set in the twenty-fourth century, Fahrenheit 451 introduces a new world in which control of the masses by the media, overpopulation, and censorship has taken over the general population. The individual is not accepted and the intellectual is considered an outlaw. Television has replaced the common perception of family. The fireman is now seen as a flamethrower, a destroyer of books rather than an insurance against fire. Books are considered evil because they make people question and think. The people live in a world with no reminders of history or appreciation of the past; the population receives the present from television.]]> 2017-02-07 20:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20mallardlp/5zyfnhj5svjn/wish/152288252 20mallardlp https://padlet.com/20mallardlp/5zyfnhj5svjn/wish/152289007 2017-02-07 20:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20mallardlp/5zyfnhj5svjn/wish/152289007 20mallardlp https://padlet.com/20mallardlp/5zyfnhj5svjn/wish/152290374 "Fahrenheit 451" is a simply great book. Yes, it's quite distressing and unpleasant to read - because what Bradbury describes is much closer to truth than we'd like it to be. And that is precisely what makes the reality of the book so alike our own - it's more pleasant not to think about such things, and therefore one can merely say the book doesn't suit one's taste and go 'get entertained' in front of the TV.The disturbing thing about the book is that, unlike many other books that deal with the distant future, "Fahrenheit 451" (written in 1953) hasn't been proved wrong simply by time itself. Not at all. Actually, what is shocking to realize is that we've come quite close to the society Bradbury writes about. Perhaps books haven't been banned yet, but it is indeed the entertainment industry that controls people's minds, the political correctness has reached ridiculous levels, there are ads everywhere and now we even have Segways so that we don't have to walk anywhere... And, of course, we can get a thousand page long classics shortened to a hundred pages - or, better yet, simply watch the movie.The book also has other qualities besides making one think (which is, judging by some other reviews, one of its biggest downsides). One cannot but admire the brilliant way Bradbury uses absurd and creates a completely surreal feeling by using the methods of expressionism to describe the feelings and thoughts of the main character. Bradbury sure had things to write about - and that can be proved by even something as simple as the fact I've spent the last half an hour writing a review on the Internet rather than reading a good book or looking at the world...]]> 2017-02-07 20:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20mallardlp/5zyfnhj5svjn/wish/152290374